UFW just concluded 2020’s Constitutional Convention, which was held virtually for the first time.
Delegates re-elected @UFWPresident Teresa Romero and elected their Executive Board, which for the first time is majority women.
Delegates re-elected @UFWPresident Teresa Romero and elected their Executive Board, which for the first time is majority women.
Delegates celebrated their growing union and increased wages and benefits in UFW contracts — despite four years of attacks from Trump and the devastation of the COVID-19 crisis.
Leaders also pledged to win immigration reform under the incoming Biden-Harris administration.
Leaders also pledged to win immigration reform under the incoming Biden-Harris administration.
After @AlexPadilla4CA addressed the delegates, they also affirmed UFW support for the current Secretary of State to become the next Senator for California — now that UFW-endorsed @KamalaHarris will be joining @JoeBiden in the White House.
UFW statement:
ufw.org/alexpadilla111…
UFW statement:
ufw.org/alexpadilla111…
The newly elected new board member is Connie Perez-Andreesen who has been the UFW's Chief Administrative Officer.
Perez-Andreesen grew up in a labor camp in Tulare County, and has deep ties to the farmworker movement.
Perez-Andreesen grew up in a labor camp in Tulare County, and has deep ties to the farmworker movement.
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